Norwegian hallingdans

[baardeven1]

onkel! <3

[H2oo2ze]

copy&paste ---> google translator, stop with the swearing and be nice. What we're mainly saying is that this shit beats the living fuck outta faggish breakdancing fo'sho, cuz it has existed for over one thousand years.

[BILLBKLYN]

Uf da! Let's not get all bent out of shape. The video should be in English subtitles so our Irish, English, Scottish, Canadian, and Australian freinds can enjoy it too. Besides Americans.

[Mumrikken7]

Things like this should be preserved and strongly defended by every nation.

A hundred colourful nations. Not one, colourless mass.

[InuYashaTard]

Det der har jeg vokst opp med. Det, og kveding og hele den norske kulturarvpakka. Kom til Hallingdal, hvor dansen stammer fra. Politikerne har ikke nådd oss med "fuck kulturen, vi går for å være wannabe USA"-innstillingene sine.

[skofuzen]

Jeg er norsk og jeg visste ikke om denne dansen. Satan så innst i hælvete jeg blir så forpult forbandet over hvor mye av kultur arven vår som går tapt... Politikerne våre er forrædere og slanger som ikke fortjener å bli kallt norsk.

[BILLBKLYN]

I can't read what you squareheads are writing.

[Mumrikken7]

@BILLBKLYN then learn Norwegian. Not everyone has to speak English, you squarehead.

Debil.

[BILLBKLYN]

@Mumrikken7 Uh yeah, a Squarehead is someone from Norway, not from America. Also since this is an American site at least put it in English so everyone else can read.

[Mumrikken7]

@BILLBKLYN Uh yeah, a squarehead can be whoever i call a squarehead. Also since this is a Norwegian video about a Norwegian dance and Norwegian tradition, you could at least show respect for it. 'everyone else' does not mean 'american', you know? :) LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE, then argue.

[VeronicaPews]

Det ser tungt ut!

[imperiumdiaboli]

It is a little known fact that the Hallingdans is the ancestral form of both breakdancing and moshpits. :-)

[ChicagoSpelmanslag]

Kjempebra!  Heia Norge!

[theinvisibleman375]

4 people can't dance. Haha

[keatsaenea]

OMG! *__* You're my hero! Compliments!!

[KateyAriel]

I wonder if I can get my norwegian BF to do this for me..... XD

[DancingBallroomDiana]

Good balance, masculine presentation, superb!

[JohnDoeSchmoe]

Come to think of it, this is perhaps the closest we get to Norwegian martial arts! :p :D

[snake1mi]

Er norsk utlending, men elsker hallingdans!

Synd at man ikke for sett dette så veldig ofte. Noe av det beste i norsk kultur!

[2gzctr3]

HVorfor lærer vi ikke norske folkedanser på solen :(

[Vikingskog]

@2gzctr3 Fordi politikere bryr seg ikke noe om norsk kultur og norsk identitet lenger.. :(

[Vazzivazzi]

@Vikingskog Det står i Læreplanverket Kunnskapsløftet at musikklærere og gymlærere er forpliktet til å lære ungdommen norsk folkedans. Halling er bare veldig vanskelig! :)

[Khazadum246]

@2gzctr3 Fordi det er for varmt der :)

[Bobstew68]

@2gzctr3 Vi gjør det! Det står i læreplanverket for Kunnskapsløftet, under kompetansemålene for ungdomsskolen. Det er et mål for undervisningen i gym at elevene skal (før de er ferdige med 10. klasse) kunne "danse dansar frå norsk kulturtradisjon og andre kulturar". Det står i profilen din at du er 28, så da var du vel ungdommskoleelev under en tidligere læreplan kalt M87, og jeg har ikke den her, men kan ikke tenke meg at det ikke var norsk folkedans i den. Må være forseelse fra skolen din.

[fettcp]

@2gzctr3 Jeg hadde folkedans på barneskolen, som en del av musikktimene! Og det er jeg veldig glad for nå, var ikke det når jeg gikk på barneskolen. Synd å høre at de tydeligvis har sluttet med det.

[mwakortskallo]

@2gzctr3 Sikkert fordi vi på barneskulen er veldig flaue over dansing, spesielt pardans, og på ungdomsskulen / vidaregåande er det fleire viktige fag å ta. Så må ein i tillegg ansette nokon som KAN dansa. Og det kan ofte bli grinete elevar når dei må gjera noko dei synest er tull. Eg har likevel hatt nokre gymtimar med line dancing og forskjellig folkedans opp gjennom åra. Søstera mi erta meg til og med fordi eg LIKSOM hadde halling som valfag på skulen. Idéen er jo ikkje så gale :)

[mrlolskit]

@2gzctr3@ for vi lærer det på skolen:P

[H3rpez]

@2gzctr3 Det er altfor varmt der. Veldig lang reisevei også.

[R3dF0X]

@2gzctr3 tror det er soldans som blir prioritert på solen! *badam psj*

[Rampull4Skin]

@R3dF0X Så utrolig morsom du er.. -_-

[Thrillseeker666]

@2gzctr3 På steinerskolen er det folkedans

[l0lidude]

The real jumpstyle!

[12RemusLupin12]

det var hyggelig! Kan du lære meg denne dansen? Det var da våre venner i kontakt og hjelpe meg.

[Vikingskog]

@12RemusLupin12 Hvorfor skriver du så rar(feil) norsk?

Jeg kan ikke lære deg å danse hallingdans, for jeg danser ikke selv. Det er Sigbjørn Rua som danser i videoen.

[12RemusLupin12]

@Vikingskog Jag är norsk och jag vet att jag pratar lite konstig, men ok. Jag trodde redan att det var du som dansade. :) Var bor du?

[Vikingskog]

@12RemusLupin12 Du skriver litt som øst-europeere som prøver å lære seg norsk :P.

Jeg bor på østlandet, nær svenskegrensa :).

[12RemusLupin12]

@Vikingskog Jeg er norsk, og jeg vet jeg snakker litt rart med bare norske Jeg trodde det var du som danset der. :) Hvis det var deg, ville jeg satt bare og munn på vidt gap her. : D

[Vikingskog]

@12RemusLupin12 Men du skriver bedre svensk? :P Jeg forstår ikke helt hva du skriver XD

[12RemusLupin12]

@Vikingskog jaaa... kan være. :)

[MsFunforlife]

roos want to marry you

[Katjablonder]

Well... if you say so. I don't like getting dizzy, but if I can overcome that I would. :P

[Katjablonder]

Well that's silly. :) This is way better than that horrible rap thing. hehe :) :D

[Katjablonder]

OH! I really like it! tehe :D My name's Christopher and I'm from Puerto Rico. I was wondering if to learn how to dance like that really takes a lot of time. Though, it doesn't really matter, but... how do you deal without getting dizzy? tehe And the kicking was kinda funny, too. tehe :)))))

[tangbein]

doesn't look that hard, thinking of presenting this dance on a cultural evening at the college I'm at =P

[Telwann]

The unique things for Halling I suppose you would have to practice for yourself by watching youtube or actually taking a trip to Norway.

Since your in Puerto rico, I guess you could start with practicing Capoeria, that way you could learn most of the tricks, the kicking and the dizzyness from circular movement would go away ;D

[SleepingCat89]

Jag går på en hallingdans kurs =D

[Vikingskog]

Svenskar kan inte dansa halling O=

[SleepingCat89]

Jag håller ju på att lära mig ju =P Och de som lär ut kan dansa halling

[Vikingskog]

Neeej det tror jag inte, svenskar kan bara dansa røvardansen :)

[SleepingCat89]

Jo då det går så bra så ^^ Vad är det för dans?? =S

[Vikingskog]

Røvardansen er den som blir dansa i Ronja Røverdatter :)

[SleepingCat89]

Jaha! Den har jag aldrig dansat förut men skulle vara kul att prova ^^

[ballebanan]

Vakkert. Det er godt ikke alle glemmer kulturen sin. :)

[kentzorz]

Sigbjørn Rua jo! Smooth stil:P Hvor fikk du tak i dette klippet?

[Vikingskog]

Jepp :) Det er fra en sjelden folkedans dvd.

På filmen så danser han halling og reinlender

[larsi0007]

Legg ut de å da

[Vikingskog]

Reinlender'n er lagt ut :)

[larsi0007]

Bra :)

[gordabasura]

coño, parece una jota aragonesa,,, y un poco el folk vasco.

Looks like "jota aragonesa", and basque folk

[TheANFKC]

This is amazing! I would love to dance this!

[widowma]

hei vet du hvor videoen er spilt inn. ser ut som det er i sigdal?

[larsi0007]

Ser egentlig ut som inne på folkemusikksenteret i prestfoss (sted i sigdal) der jeg har vært på barne og ungdomssamling de siste 7 åra elns :P

[sejd51]

Kjempe fint :0)

[naneo]

Can anybody indicate me any book (of demoanthropological "substance") about this dance? I'm an italian anthropology undergraduate and I'd really like to know more about Hallingdans(perhaps in the offing of an exhaustive research about it). Thanky you for reading -and sorry for my english-

[wwwGKwebIT]

naneo, I am an Italian ethnomusicology scholar interested in Nordic culture: I would be very interested in this, too!

[larslarsj]

Are you just trying to find information about the dance i.e technique ++, or are you looking for historical information? i.e it origin, and cultural background?

[ballebanan]

Vakkert.

[enkopingsbo]

vad är meningen med att sparka ner mössan? :D

[KillaHaakon]

Det er vanskelig, derfor gjør man det.

[Nordavind346]

Man gjorde det for å imponere tjenane ;)

[larsi0007]

Det ser kult ut, +at jo høyere du sparker, jo mere attraktiv er du :P

[theCityOfNewOrleans]

This is really good!! Who is the dancer? Is he a professional hallingdanser?

[multemusic]

The dancer is Sigbjørn Rua. He has been Norwegian national champion in this dance a number of times. He was one of the dancers dancing with Alexander Ryback in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.

[Nordavind346]

Halling er så fet, men jeg skjønner ikke hvordan han ikke blir veldig huggern av å snurre rundt så mye, meg svaier rundt hvis jeg går 2 ganger rundt min egen akse :p

[kazetehskylord]

Halling er hardcore! Breakdancere kan ta seg et stev!

[trondergirl]

And I suppose the recent Eurovision competition has given the world a glimpse of the Hallindans so it will become more popular.

[Varda87]

Don't think it was Eurovision - this dance was also put in Age of Conan :)

[peviza]

I from Russia and me seem style of dance is similar to Russian national dancings. Look dance of sailors "apple", in the basis it is pure folk, become by dance of seamen.

[KilltheFluXz]

seamen :p

[KingKing308]

This dance is from before the vikings... So it is the Vikings that left the dance in some countries...

Sorry for my bad english... x3

[Noregi]

Hvor I Norge lærer man dette? Valdres?

[Vikingskog]

Hallingdal kansje?:P Veit man kan lære det både i Valdres og i Oslo. Han frikar fyren, Hallgrim, kjem jo fra Valdres.

[Noregi]

Ok, takk for informasjonen ;)

[Hsteingrimsen]

Han som danser på filmen er fra Jondalen ved Kongsberg og heter Sigmund Rua. Han er også med i frikar som er i finalen til Grand Prix.

[multemusic]

For those who don't read Norwegian: The guy dancing is Sigbjørn (not Sigmund) Rua from Jondalen (Numedal, Buskerud) Norway -- not far from Kongsberg. He dances with a group called Småjondolene. He is also a member of the FRIKAR dance company and was one of the backing dancers with Alexander Rybak in Norway's Melodi Grand Prix and, later, the Eurovision song contest. He is a "Class A" (Master class) dancer in Norway. He won 2nd place in the 2009 Norwegian national halling (laus) competition.

[Agurkmix07]

Sigbjørn*

[wownerd1994]

Haha :D We had halling at school yesterday :D its extreamly fun hehe...its really great when u kick the cap haha...

[larsi0007]

Kick the hat :D

[rxwh]

Damn... Nå har ikke jeg PEILING på hallingdans, men fotarbeidet ditt var ekstremt bra, så ut som du hadde skikkelig flyt : )

[heidihasthefloor]

That thing was like 10 feet in the air and you kicked it down with your FOOT. GOD.

[larsi0007]

The record is 2.53, i think, dont remember totaly, but the highest i have spectated was 2.30 in an contest :D

[larsi0007]

centi metres offc :P

[leanyzo84]

Greetings from Hungary!

Speaking of promoting national culture:D: we also have this type of acrobatic man-solo in our folkdance. If you're interested, search for "kalotaszegi verbunk", "kalotaszegi legenyes" or "kalotaszegi táncok". Enjoy:)

[evilklabautermann]

Looks like a geat plyometric workout! Thanks, Vikingskog, for this and the other excellent videos you put up. Could you perhaps comment on the dance for the un-enlightened mainland European? I'd be interested in e.g. which time it dates from, which importance it had in the past and has in the present (taught in schools? Danced at weddings?), etc.

[Vikingskog]

Hallingdans is pretty old, its atleast 400years old and pretty much havent changed anything during that time. The dance is also called 'Laus' (which meanse 'loose'(to dance alone)).

There are sources of that people have danced Laus here atleast since late viking-age/early middleage, one can say that hallingdans the 'Laus'dance they danced later turned into what we now know as hallingdans.

We'r not sure what the early types of 'Laus' looked like, but it was probably somewhat the same as this.

[Vikingskog]

the main thing about the dance was that young men danced it, usually to show how good/athletic they were etc. and impress people/girls.

It was often danced before weddings but also at other events and sometimes just for fun.

the famouse type of hallingdans is only danced by men(Laus). As far as i remember there is also a pair-hallingdans where women can dance too but ive never seen it. And i guess its rather boring to look at compared to the regular hallingdans(laus).

[Vikingskog]

I dont dance it myself yet by the way, but im planning on learning the basics in some years once im done at school. :)

[larsi0007]

Hveit du om noen steder du kan danse nær deg, hvis ikke, hvor bor du?

Jeg kjenner folk over hele landet som danser, etter at jeg har vært med på landskapleik, buskerudkapleik, strunkeveko, lea de og bygdadansar

[Vikingskog]

ah forgot to add, its always danced with a person playing fiddle for the rythem etc.

The dance have become more and more popular recently, and its teached at many culture-schools, though not all over Norway, the traditions of it is strongest in the mountain/valley-towns in mid-south Norway.

[evilklabautermann]

Thanks for the info. I think it's always worthwhile promoting one's national traditions, and we indeed got a fascinating cultural heritage in Europe. I've been to Scotland lately, which made me aware of that even more. I definitely have to go to Scandinavia again...

So you're still at school? I'd say, if there's anything you should do afterwards besides learning hallingdans, it's studying Scandinavian literature and culture, but I take it you have your heart set on that already.

[TeeBeeEl]

Please don't say it's "always danced with a person playing fiddle", because that's a lie ^^. I dance halling myself, and I often use a CD or just my iPod :P

[Vikingskog]

Traditionally its danced with a fiddle player.

Some new people now might dance it with iPod music etc. yea.

[TeeBeeEl]

Actually, it could also be danced to a jaw's harp, "torader" (when that came), plaing singing (tralling) or any other form of rythm instrument, it's just that the fiddle is most widely used the last 100 years :P

[larsi0007]

Lol, Han på ipoden din spiller vel fele? :P

Eller torader, trekkspil, munharpe, langeleik etc... ;P

[turniboy13]

We are gona have a schoolproject on this. How can you do that? omg liksom. This is amacing, its just like a sport and it is very difficult.

[Atrociter32]

This danse is like a sport . (5*)

[heissekatze89]

haha, how did u get that guy to agree to let u record him?